If you earn my friendship, you are my family and I'll do anything for you.
. . . a young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend. . . the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, it's a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you're gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit.
I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse.
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
You live your life as if it's real. . . . . . . a thousand kisses deep
Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.
It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.
A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.
Selfish-gene theory tells us nothing about the value of interacting through language.
You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.